This is a continuing story of two people, four dogs, three barn cats, 8 pet turkeys, 6 guinea fowl, 20 ducks, 125 chickens, 1 rabbit, 5 alpacas, 4 sheep, a Llama, A Sicilian Micro-mini donkey, a Sicilian mini donkey and her baby and their life long dream to run a little 9 acre farm in upstate New York. After you read the blog entries, go to our regular farm web site, and then to our wonderful farm and fiber Shop that we built and opened in 2011. The links are on the left.

Monday, June 11

Monday, June 11th... Going For The Last Acupuncture Session Today...

Today, I finish up with the acupuncture treatments. They have stopped the sciatica and have given me a bunch of relief from my knee problems. I realize that the pains will return...how could they not? Until I do something to relieve the tension on the muscles around the knee, which are carrying the burden of keeping the joint together and aligned, in lieu of the worn out and missing meniscus, it will return and even get worse. I am losing weight, which will lighten the load and remove unnecessary stress on the knee joint, but it will never be right again....maybe even if I have the knee replacement operation like my Mom did years ago. It is something I received form her along with the arthritis.....Thanks a million Mom! Well...we finished the upstairs windows. (outside) We still have to trim them out inside, so we can hang the blinds and curtains, but that can be done inside when we have time or it is raining. Below is the picture of the west window in place and finished.

In and finished........

Looks like it's always been there...Now to finish that chimmney....

﻿The next important job is to finish the turkey fencing and place the stones in the dam to retain water in the lake better for the fish, frogs and ducks. The material is there...so I just need Mike, our helper, to carry the stones to me as I place them in the breast of the dam and remove the wood and sticks left from the beavers two years ago. Unless we repair the dam, it will completely drain and all the aquatic life will perish or have to move up or down stream to another location. With our help, it can return to a thriving lake for all that wildlife and aquatic life to continue enjoying. Well, I better get busy and leave the animals out for the day. It won’t be long before we leave for acupuncture......... Later! If you like what we talk about and the pictures we show, why not become a follower? Join at the left by clicking on "Join this site". Also, feel free to leave a message anytime about anything I write. Skip

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About Skip and Vick

We have achieved our life's dream! We have a farm full of animals, each other and a whole lot of love to see us through. Each day is a gift of God for us both and we never take it for granted. I was from Central Pennsylvania and Vick was from Brooklyn, so we both love the beauty of the mountains here!